Have lunch with Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Swit

The History of Martin Luther King Day
 

By Marion S. Trikosko – This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsc.01269.

From Wikipedia:  Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.)[1] is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000."

Thank you for changing the world, Dr. King.  Your dream is alive!

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Have lunch with Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Swit

Wednesday at Noon, at the CVRep Luminary Luncheon, in front of the live luncheon audience, Don Martin will interview Loretta Swit.  It all takes palce at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, and tickets are only $45
 

From Wikipedia:  "Loretta Jane Swit (born November 4, 1937) is an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Major Frank Burns' love interest on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards."

Best known for her portrayal of “Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan” on the long-running television series M*A*S*H, Loretta Swit won two Emmys for her work on the show.  In the years since M*A*S*H concluded, Ms. Swit has been a guest star on everything from Love Boat to Murder, She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder, with many a TV movie in between. She has also found time to make her Broadway debuts in straight plays and musicals alike, and won a Sarah Siddons Award for starring in the play Shirley Valentine for almost three years in Chicago.  Although known to millions all over the world for her work on stage and screen.

Ms. Swit has also been painting since she was six-years-old, and is known in the field of fine arts primarily for her watercolor portraits of animals. A collection of Ms. Swit’s watercolors have been compiled into a new book entitled SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit.

At Amazon.com, we learn, "SwitHeart chronicles the artwork of TV icon Loretta Swit, a true champion of the animal kingdom. Watercolorist, award-winning animal activist and actress, Ms. Swit is renowned for her starring role on TV s most honored series, M*A*S*H, for which she won two EMMYs and worldwide acclaim.

What many fans may not know about the multi-talented thespian is that Ms. Swit has been an artist from age six. SwitHeart documents her animal portraits along with descriptive anecdotes about each and her extensive philanthropic work. Ms. Swit said, "I am thrilled to see my passion for animals and my passion for art merge in a book that will help benefit and protect the animals on our planet."

SwitHeart includes 65 full-color paintings and drawings, as well as 22 photographs. Proceeds from the book will be donated to charities and programs that are as dedicated, as Ms. Swit is, to ending animal suffering and cruelty.

Tickets to the luncheon must be purchased in advance online or by calling the CVRep Box Office. 760-296-2966  More Info

Dezart Performs Clybourne Park
 

Clybourne Park, the black (and white) comedy by Bruce Norris, opened this past weekend and the buzz is on, with performances Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30 PM; Saturdays and Sundays @ 2:00 PM.

This razor-sharp Tony award-winning comedy takes a jab at race and real estate in a fictional Chicago neighborhood. The play begins in 1959 as a black family moves into a white enclave. Act Two takes us back to the same house in 2009 as gentrification sets in and the roles are reversed. 
One agile ensemble of actors plays two sets of characters in what The Washington Post deemed "one of the feistiest, funniest evenings in years."
We'll have a review next week, but there's no doubt that this is a must see!
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